Sony aws-g500 Camera Accessories User Manual


 
Chapter 1 Overview
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Names and Functions of Parts
k Indicators (Ff)
These indicators show the direction in which the
transition lever is being moved. Moving the
transition lever in the direction of the lit indicator
starts the transition or effect.
However, supposing you press the AUTO TRANS
button after moving the transition lever to the
middle, for example, an inconsistency between the
position of the fader and the application of the
effect will arise and both indicators will light.
l AUTO TRANS button
This button carries out an automatic transition
with a preset transition time, either from one video
to another or when applying an effect (page 69).
4 Device control section
Use these controls for remote control of a camera
with VISCA support connected to this system
(page 132) or hard disk operations (material
recording, file playback) (page 144, 147).
a Numeric buttons
These buttons are used to save or recall a camera
preset, or reset a camera (page 134, 138).
b PLAY button
This button plays back a file at normal speed.
Hold down the REC button and press this button,
to start recording on the hard disk (page 144).
c STOP button
This button stops file playback. Press shift and
then press this button to switch the source viewer
back from viewing a file on the hard disk to normal
input (page 149).
During recording on the hard disk, hold down the
REC button and press this button to stop recording
(page 146).
d REW button
During file playback, play back fast in the reverse
direction. Each time you press, the reverse speed
increases (in six steps) (page 149).
e FFWD button
During file playback, play back fast in the forward
direction. Each time you press, the playback speed
increases (in six steps) (page 149).
f REC button
This button is used to start or stop the external hard
disk recording (page 145).
g SHIFT button
This button is pressed while using other controls to
perform the following operations.
h Positioner
This control is used to pan or tilt the camera. You
can also control the speed of the camera by
adjusting how hard you press this button (page
134).
You can also change the picture-in-picture and
logo display positions (page 76, 83).
i Shuttle dial (outer ring)
This dial controls the camera zoom.
During file playback, turning this dial clockwise
plays the file in the forward direction at a speed
that corresponds to the amount the dial was turned
(one of seven speeds) and turning this dial
counterclockwise plays the file in the reverse
direction at a speed that corresponds to the amount
the dial was turned (one of seven speeds)
(page 134, 149).
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JOG/SHUTTLE
FTB
DSK
3 STOP button
4 REW button
6 REC button
7 SHIFT
button
9 Shuttle dial
0 Jog dial
5 FFWD
button
2 PLAY
button
8 Positioner
1 Numeric buttons
REC + PLAY button Start hard disk recording
REC + STOP button Stop hard disk recording
SHIFT + jog dial Aperture (iris) adjustment on
camera with VISCA support
SHIFT + numeric
button (1 to 6)
Set camera presets
SHIFT + numeric
button (0)
Camera reset
SHIFT + REW button Skip to the beginning of a file
SHIFT + FFWD
button
Skip to the end of a file
SHIFT + STOP
button
Close the file